April Fools! Section :: Page 3

• ‘We’re hounded by tree loss,’ say some villagers

  By Lauren ShowsApril 1, 2014

  

  Over the past few years, the loss of trees throughout the village, whether due to poor health or to make way for the progress of a growing village, has been the cause of much contention and unrest. For village dogs, however, the loss is not just cause for concern or sorrow, but a drastic impact on their day-to-day lives.

• Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise promises Village economic boost

  By YS News Staff

  

  With the announcement of the 50th anniversary of Yellow Springs Soccer Inc. comes another announcement: that Yellow Springs has placed a bid to host a Major League Soccer, or MLS, expansion team, tentatively called Springs FC.

• There’s something in the water — no, really

  By Megan Bachman

  

  One sip of Yellow Springs water and your hair dreads instantly. Is “there’s something in the water” a clever metaphor to describe the community’s spirit, or is something more sinister afoot?

• Boxing day, every day

  By Matt MindeApril 1, 2013

  

  For an arts village that prides itself on thinking outside the box, a recent newcomer is living the dream thinking entirely within the box. The packaging box, that is.

• BLOG – UFO sightings

  By Suzanne Szempruch

  

  Today’s blog showcases a hand full of pictures that have caught me off guard.

• Decline to opine: important village work outsourced

  By Lauren Shows

  

  Mirroring a recent village trend, many members of the community have begun to outsource the mining of Yellow Springs’ most precious resource.

• Potluck brings out eco-maniacs

  By Megan Bachman

  

  At a competitive community potluck, locally-grown ingredients were just the beginning.

• Ball and Skein—Yarnbombing plot foiled

  By Matt MindeApril 1, 2012

  

  The results of a three-year sting operation paid off yesterday with the break up and neutralization of a local yarn bombing cell.

• Frustrated village senior community moves to Florida

  By YS News Staff

  Really, now! April Fools! — the News team

• Villager, Tupperware reunited

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  Villager Sahara Nosefeather and her long lost favorite piece of Tupperware were re-united recently at a potluck, 25 years after the rectangular plastic box had gone missing.